Framlingham Camera Club competition results.

Next every page slot near the coast ad slot on ebaY now sixpence.

Ufford resident Andy Barkley and two chums are taking slightly smaller steps behind Adam Wolley and starting a reverse End to End bicycle ride Monday in aid of Malaria No More UK.  Sponsorship details on the board.

For the Bedfield car crash that so seriously injured Emily Millican the driver Robert Walker has received a 14 month custodial sentence.  Emily's aunt Rachel Allen comments on the bulletin board.

When we were a medium sized child in the east end of a large town near Chelmsford we did buy Dick Bird lollies (usually banana flavoured) from pedal powered trikes very like this one outside Andy Tiernan's last weekend.  At 3pm on a summer's Sunday afternoon in Viccy Park the lollies were usually sufficiently melted to be on the point of falling apart and look at these prices.

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1:00pm:  The almost August digest has gone out on email, unfortunately some of your email servers seemed to have interpreted the new mapped graphic as a virus ... won't be doing that again.  Get the digest by clicking on Helen and Rose.

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We feel certain there's something happening in Hacheston this weekend?

Here's Blu-tack having a little something in Debenham when he returned (still wearing his collar) after nine days missing, perhaps one day per life?

We are told Saturday's formal opening of the Bruisyard village hall was attended by several hundred, somewhat fewer Sunday.  The hall is intimidatingly pristine with three French windows and a kitchen serving hatch accessing the outside where impressively the lighting is solar powered LED and movement triggered.  The hall stands on a field bought by the parish council in 1995 when the village's agricultural engineers went bust ... what a good decision that's turned out to be ... buying the field that is, not going bust.  More pix here.

Yes, they're closing Fore Street Framlingham again next month.  The traffic management company is in Gloucestershire which might account for the more creative of previous diversions.

When we moved to Stately Terrace in 1998 we knew very little about Framlingham.  The easy going American charm of our neighbour Gene Waters, and the surprising friendliness of his and his wife Sally's female ginger cat George, helped us to feel comfortable in a new place.  Sadly Gene passed away Friday, the funeral is 1:15pm this Monday at St Michael's.

... and what's more Lib-Dem boy hasn't found a ministerial gig for Woodbridge muso Brian Eno ...

Rural Myth 26:  People in Little Glemham call the A12 route 66.

Car related crime in Westleton and Theberton and an altercation (we think it means an argument) in Framlingham Wednesday night.

Mouth to Mouth's Henry V last night at Eye castle had real archers, big bangs (we were inadvertently standing by one back stage when it went off, ears rang for ages), smoke, flaming brands, a full contact Agincourt, laughs,

badminton, yer actual French and bags of entertainment.  Those traditional British day out accompaniments rain and weak tea in a flimsy plastic cup were missing but there was an intermission queue for the loos but as director, producer and Bardolph James Holloway pointed out to the audience There weren't any toilets at Agincourt!  Henry continues next week.  More pix here.

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Wednesday and Big Al the Light Monkey (that's his mum herwithabrainetc hovering) graduated from Nottingham Uni.  Bruce Welch of The Shadows (or was it The Beatles?) was sufficiently desperate to be on ntc that he crashed the snap, and again and again ... sad.  The official Big Al graduation pic here.

Go to the A to Z to find your village or town.

About this time five years ago Chris Haesler resigned as a Framlingham town councillor after twelve years of service.

David McGinness drives the school bus in Framlingham Australia, he's also a volunteer fireman and when he revisited Framlingham Suffolk last week memorabilia including helmets was exchanged with Fram's own retained fire fighters ... genuinely hands across the seas, how nice.

You can order near the coast prints at PhotoBox.

11:11am  What's that Skip?  The town council has fallen down the old mine shaft?  Don't worry Skip no one will notice.

White slot-in electric cooker and air travel approved pet carriers FOR SALE on the board.

Framlingham where not everyone's barking.

9:00am  In about an hour Adam Wolley will end in Cape Town, South Africa the final 9,000th mile of his epic 200 day bike ride.

Advice on how to use nearthcoast to promote your event here.

That there Microscoft are ending support for XP Service Pack 2 and Vista release version Tuesday so even though ... more here